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Minimum Sentence. - Minimum sentence under the said provision. Whether operate as a bar to applicability ff Sections 360 & 361 of C.P.C., 1973 or Sections 4 and 6 of Probation of Offenders Act.. No. Accused found to be guilty of offence of distilling illicit liquor with working still- Minimum sentence of six months prescribed under the Act - Accused thus not entitled to be released on probation - Accused faced trial for 15 years - Sentence reduced to already undergone. Anokh Singh v. State of Punjab, 2001 (2) RCR(Criminal) 337(P&H)